Vaal Blog

Community Alerts/Mduduzi Tshabalala/VEJA-Vaal/27/09/2018 Dr. Victor Munik presented to the commission on the research work he did together with counterparts, and one of the stemming issues raised was the Green Drop campaign which. Munik started with VEJA back in 2008, and the purpose of the campaign was to assess the management systems and functionality of the …

Community Alerts/Mdududzi Tshabalala/VEJA-Vaal/26/09/2018 The inquiry started yesterday morning with testimonials, and presentations came from CBO’s/ NGO’s, and SAVE the Vaal River presented about the processes of their court interdict with Metsi a Lekoa, SAVE anticipates that Gauteng Premier together with COGTA will resolve through court proceedings. New Horizon is a community-based organization which gave …

Community Alerts/Mduduzi Tshabalala/Vaal-VEJA/13/03/18 The minister has spoken “Renewable Energy Now” and no shenanigans we should tolerate, when today NUM is a useless selfish organ, while in itself only a few cohort is this wealthy and workers are suffering till death, to further their virtue of sufferings “Marikana” needed not to happen if NUM is …

Community Alerts/Mduduzi Tshabalala/Vaal-VEJA/06/03/18 While business is usual Metsi a Lekoa and DWS Gauteng region is still investigating the sources. This is ongoing almost on a daily basis, with sewer spills from Rietspruit upstream to Sebokeng Hostels, also from the main river upstream before it reaches the Loch Vaal. By Mduduzi Tshabalala

Community Alerts/Mduduzi Tshabalala/Vaal-VEJA/18/02/18 Activists from different communities across the country and neighbouring Zimbabwean are gathering for three weeks started from the 12th February, and the purpose of meeting is the annual Environmental Justice School hosted by GroundWork. Activists started by mapping their environmental regional problems associated with. As the week unfolded activists also learned more …

Community Alerts/Mduduzi Tshabalala/Vaal-VEJA/08/02/18 The Blesbokspruit CMF is currently sitting at Blesbokspruit EE Centre, Springs, and GDARD was absent to give updates about the Ramsar listed category. The Federation for Sustainable Environment had a report compiled by 20 Civil Society Organisations (South African Water Caucus) about the current challenges of DWS, and as objecting the CMA …

Community Alerts/Mdududzi Tshabalala/Vaal-VEJA/29/01/18 SAVE the Vaal River is an NGO initiative based in Vanderbijlpark, SAVE is having ongoing meetings with the DWS together with Metsi a Lekoa ELM about pollution incidents in the Vaal Barrage Catchment, as the meeting continued on Friday the 26th January at Stone Heaven. When a concern was posed about the …

Community Alerts/Mduduzi Tshabalala/Vaal-VEJA/17 February 2017 VEJA Water Quality Team is continuing its campaign of monitoring the RietSpruit River and together with the community of Evaton, Traditional Healers and Religious Groups, there will be water quality capacity workshops on water legislations, water quality testing and monitoring training to be happening soon. By far since VEJA Water …

Community Alerts/ Rhona Reit/ VEJA-Vaal/ 19 December 2016 Veja and Wonim had a fun walk a joint venture with Mpumalang, Lephalale, KZN, East Rand, Vaal, Sasolburg.From Sasolburg to Zamdela on the 13th December 2016.Women had enough of Environmental Injustice in South Africa, and the fun walk was to raise awareness on climate change and Energy. …

Community Alerts/ VEJA- Vaal monitor/ 12 and 15 December 2016Good day. Ishan Tharoke from USA, programme called Ful-brigth National Geographic Digital Story telling. He is in South Africa for six month Reason why. South Africa has Large Scale of water Infrastructure project like our dams and rivers. We will tour around Vaal Interviewing different Water …

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Tunatazama is a southern African network of community organisations living near mines. This network is supported by The Benchmarks Foundation, Southern Africa Resource Watch, Zimbabwe Environment Law Association, Centre for Environment Justice, Associação de Apoio e Assistência Jurídica às Comunidades, Norwegian Church Aid - Tanzania, and the Maluti Community Development Forum.